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ArticleAsian Pacific journal of cancer prevention : APJCP2018

Characterization of Apoptosis in a Breast Cancer Cell Line after IL-10 Silencing

Moureq R Alotaibi, Zeinab K Hassan, Salim S Al-Rejaie, Musaad A Alshammari, Mashal M Almutairi, Ali R Alhoshani, Wael A Alanazi, Mohamed M Hafez, Othman A Al-Shabanah

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Article in Asian Pacific journal of cancer prevention : APJCP, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 27 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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9 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Moureq R AlotaibiCollege of Pharmacy, Pharmacology and Toxicology Department, Kind Saud University, Riyadh, kingdom of Saudi Arabia.Email: alshabanah@yahoo.com
Zeinab K Hassan
Salim S Al-Rejaie
Musaad A Alshammari
Mashal M Almutairi
Ali R Alhoshani
Wael A Alanazi
Mohamed M Hafez
Othman A Al-Shabanah
Children Cancer Hospital · EGKing Saud University · SA

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Abstract

Background: Breast cancer is affected by the immune system in that different cytokines play roles in its initiation and progression. Interleukin-10 (IL-10), an anti-inflammatory cytokine, is an immunosuppressive factor involved in tumorigenesis. The present study was conducted to investigate the gene silencing effect of a small interference RNA (siRNA) targeting IL-10 on the apoptotic pathway in breast cancer cell line. Methods: The siRNA targeting IL-10 and a glyceraldehyde 3-phosphate dehydrogenase (GAPDH) clone were introduced into MDA-MB-231 cells. Real-time PCR assays were used to determine IL-10 and GAPDH gene expression levels, in addition to those for protein kinase B (AKT), phosphoinositide 3-kinase (PI3K), B-cell lymphoma 2 (Bcl2), caspase-3 and caspase-9 genes related to apoptosis. Results: Inhibition of IL-10 by the siRNA accelerated apoptosis and was accompanied by significant increase in caspase-3 and caspase-9 and a significant decrease in PI3K, AKT and Bcl2 expression levels compared to the non-transfected case. Conclusions: In conclusion, the production of IL-10 may represent a new escape mechanism by breast cancer cells to evade destruction by the immune system. IL-10 gene silencing causes down regulation of both PI3K/AKT and Bcl2 gene expression and also increases the Bbc3, BAX caspase3, and caspase 3 cleavage expression levels. IL–10 might represent a promising new target for therapeutic strategies.

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ApoptosisGene Expression Regulation, NeoplasticGene SilencingBreast NeoplasmsCell ProliferationFemaleHumansInterleukin-10RNA, Small InterferingSignal TransductionTumor Cells, CulturedIL10 protein, humanInterleukin-10RNA, Small Interferingcaspase-3caspase-9Interleukin 10real time PCRsmall interference RNA

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PMID29582634
PMCPMC5980855
OpenAlexW2788035303

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